Welcome Week Fall 2017

Kickoff Welcome Week with the Library @ Library Commons! 💃

Monday, August 21-Friday, August 25! 

(Located at 5339 Didesse Drive)

New Resources from the Library-PEDro

PEDro is the Physiotherapy Evidence Database. PEDro is a free database of over 36,000 randomised trials, systematic reviews, and clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy.

For each trial, review or guideline, PEDro provides the citation details, the abstract and a link to the full text, where possible.

All trials on PEDro are independently assessed for quality. These quality ratings are used to quickly guide users to trials that are more likely to be valid and to contain sufficient information to guide clinical practice.

New Resources from the Library-Joanna Briggs Institute Evidence Based Practice Database

JBI is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading providers of evidence-based information from across the globe.

This comprehensive database covers a wide range of medical, nursing, and health science specialties and includes a unique suite of information that’s been analyzed, appraised, and prepared by expert reviewers at JBI so you can integrate the world’s best evidence into your practice.

New Resources from the Library- SPORTDiscus

SPORTDiscus is the premier source of literature for sports and sports medicine studies, providing full-text content from many respected journals. It is an essential tool for health professionals, researchers and students, providing extensive coverage in the areas of fitness, health, and sport studies. This authoritative database contains full text for many of the most used journals in the SPORTDiscus index with no restriction.

New Resources from the Library – Nutrition Reference Center

Dietitians and nutritionists require evidence-based, accurate, and actionable information on best practices to ensure success in the field. Now, With Nutrition Reference Center, the premier point-of-care tool designed specifically for dietitians and nutritionists, users can access trusted resources for education, practice, and research to provide their patients with the highest level of care possible. Users can access unique content on everything from condition-specific diets to dietetics skills and practices written by a world-class team of nutritionists and dietitians.

Open Access eBooks on JSTOR!

Over 600+ Open Access eBooks, from esteemed presses such as University of California Press and University of Michigan Press, are available on JSTOR!

The content is available to anyone for use and there are no limits on PDF downloads or printing!

ALTA Religion Database with ALTASerials

We are pleased to announce that ALTA Religion Database with ATLASerials is now available!!Produced by the American Theological Library Association (ALTA), this database provides coverage dating back to 1908 with indexing for some journal titles extending back into the 19th century. Full-text journal articles and reviews are selected for inclusion by leading religion scholars.

Content includes:

• Full-text articles and reviews from more than 300 journals
• More than 1.8 million records
• Indexing of more than 1,800 journals, over 640 of which are currently being indexed
• More than 667,400 journal article records, 267,400 essay records, 607,500 review records, and 300,500 book records.

ALTA Religion Database with ATLASerials can be accessed through the EBSCO All Databases list or searched through EBSCO Discovery.